Mike Pompeo has pledged that the United States will provide nearly $300m in new security funding for south-east Asia, as China forges ahead with plans to bolster its engagement in the region.
The US secretary of state unveiled the figure to reporters on …

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August 06, 2018 10:04:54
An Australian dentist and a small group of volunteers have managed to check more than 1,200 mouths in just two weeks on Timor Leste.
That amounted to 527 extractions and 406 fillings for Charmaine White, from Narooma on …

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August 06, 2018 08:33:26
An Australian dentist and a small group of volunteers have managed to check more than 1,200 mouths in just two weeks on Timor Leste.
That amounted to 527 extractions and 406 fillings for Charmaine White, from Narooma on …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference at the at the State Department in Washington July 26, 2018. — Reuters picWASHINGTON, July 31 — Secretary of State Michael Pompeo took not-so-subtle digs at China in pitching US commitment to a “free …

GILDED teacups, brocade curtains and public confirmations of private-jet transfers all contribute to the atmosphere in London’s poshest hotels. Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecoms tycoon and former prime minister of Thailand, is at home amid the luxury. As he …

Cruise lovers in Asia will be thrilled to know that the new ship Spectrum of the Seas will be unveiled in May 2019, for its inaugural South-East Asia season.
This is the second time that Royal Caribbean International is deploying a brand new ship to Asia …

MUMBAI: Tata Steel is planning to sell some of its businesses in South-East Asia as part of its strategy to exit non-scalable businesses and turn focus to domestic market, people familiar with the matter said. Tata Steel has appointed a banker in …

Robots will slash millions of jobs and create an upswing in trafficking and slavery across south-east Asia, research claims.
In a report launched on Thursday, supply-chain analyst firm Verisk Maplecroft predicts that the rise in robot manufacturing will …